Automobile theft-prevention means



Dec. 30,1924.

A. C. HINES AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION MEANS 3 Filed March 8, 1924 vINVENTOR.

I BY M ATTORNEYS.

Patented'Dec. 30, 1924.

PATENT ()FFICE...

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AUTOMOBILE THEFT-reevaluation MEANS.

Application filed March 8,1924. Serial No. 697,825.

T all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ALBERT C. HINES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in AutomobileTheft-Prevention.Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for preventing the theft of automobiles,and particularly to means for preventing the flow of gasoline betweenthe tank and the car buretor.

An object of the invention is to provide a valve of suitable form,positioned in the gasoline feed pipe to the carburetor of theautomobile, and mounted in a casing receiving said feed pipe, whichcasing entirely en closes the valve, and has connected portions extendedfrom the casing enclosing the valve to the instrument board of thevehicle, and 1 connected with a suitable locking means having connectionwith the valve housed by said casing and its connection, whereby whenthe valve is in the ofi position, said locking means will preventunauthorized operation of the same, and the casing disc osing theoperation means 01": the valve will prevent access to the connecting andoperating connection between the valve and the locking means.

The invention also includes other objects and improvements in thedetails of construction, and arrangement of parts, which are moreparticularly pointed out in the fol- V lowing description and claim,directedto a preferred "form of the invention, it being understood,however, that variations may be made in the specific constructionandarrangement of the parts, without departing from the scope oftheinvention as described and claimed. 7

In'the drawing, application Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view,

forming a part of this showing portions of the automobile, and the 7construction forming the present invention applied thereto.

F lgure 2 1s a view of the-face of the combination lock used, forlocking the valve' controlling the feed of gasoline to the carburetor. VV Figure fil is a detail sectional view of the valve structure, which isconnected in the gasoline feed pipe.

1 indicates the motor of the automobile,

having the usual intake manifold 2, and the carburetor 3 connectedtherewith, having the usual gasoline feed pipe at, extending to thesupply tank, which is not shown. The motor 1, is covered by the usualhood 5, the dash board of the vehicle being indicated at 6, from theupper end of which extends the cowl 7, and at the rear end of which isthe usual instrument board 8, positioned for the view of the driver, andfor the operating handles of the several instruments mounted therein. Avalve 9, is interposed in the gasoline feed pipe, at a position slightlyin the rear of the dash board 6, as clearly shown in Figure 1, and is ofthe usual fork type, having an'operating rod 10, connected thereto, andextending upwardly to a position slightly below the cowl 7. A casing orhousing 11 formed of sections, is positioned around the valve 9 forcompletely housing the same, said casing having suitable openings forthe gasoline feed pipe 4, and a tubular extension 12 adapted to receiveand guide the operating rod 10 of the valve stem, and also to receive atubular casing member 13, adapted to completely cover and house themajor portion of the operating rod 10 of said valve stem, the upper endof said rod being fitted on the tubular extension 14 of the removablehead 15, of a casing 16, adapted to receive the upper end of theoperating rod 10 for the va-h'e, and provide a bearing therefor, saidoperating rod being provided with a suitable gear 17, meshing withanother gear 18, within said casing 16. A. shaft 19, is rotatablymounted in the casing 16, and extends through a tubular housing 20,extending at an angle with respect to the tubular housing 13, andthrough the instrument board 8, being connected at its ends to thecombination lock, indicated at 21, which is of any suitable form,adaptother unauthorized person, is prevented 'from operating the valve,when locked by the combination lock member 21, for turning it to theopen position.

It will be further noted, that stantially impossible toit is subissubstantially necessary to remove the combination 1ock21 from connectionwith the tube 8, before the housing 16 can be 3 What is claimed is:

Means for preventing the unauthorized use of automobiles comprising avalve adapted to be disposed in the fuel line, a

housing completely enclosing said valve and having opposed openingsthrough which disassemble the parts housing the rods 10, and shaft13,'when the same are in locked position, as it said feed pipe passes, saidvalve havinga vertically extending operating stern, said housing beingformed with a tubular ex tension providinga bearing for said stem,

a tubular casing, secured on said extension" and enclosing-said operatmgstem, a .gear' casing mountedfoii the upper end of said tubular casingand provided'wi'th bearings, said stem belng rotatable in one of saidbearings, a second-tubular casing'mounted 7 on said gear casing andadapted to extend atone end through the instrument board of 7 thevehicle, a lock mounted on-the end of sald last mentioned casing, afshaft rotatably mounted; in said second named tubular casing; andcooperating with said loci; andhaving its lnner .end' proqectlnglntosald' gear casing. meshin ears ca'rriedbythe inner end of saidshaftand said stern, said gears being housed'insaid gear casing, and]all of said casings being separate and detachably connected With'eachother.'

In testmonyfwhereof I ailix mysig'na- 'ture.

' ALBERT c. fHIN'ES,

